Sedre ni Yaqona

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Sedre ni Waiwai (oil dish). Dish used for waiwai (coconut oil) or yaqona (kava). Carved from solid kau (wood) into an ovoid shape of dark brown colour, with shallow depth. Patina inside bowl with scratches. Hole drilled at rim with a fibre cord threaded through.

Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Kava dish (English)

Place
Unknown
Accession Date

1924

Other Id

3848 (ethnology)

O.226 (Edge Partington)

Department

Pacific

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bowl, 3848, O.226, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
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